Early Life History of Deep-Water Gorgonian Corals May Limit Their Abundance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lacharité, Myriam ^a   Metaxas, Anna ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGY; GORGONIAN CORAL; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PARAGORGIA ARBOREA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMNOA RESEDAEFORMIS; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE STAGES;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA; OPHIUROIDEA; PARAGORGIA ARBOREA; PRIMNOA RESEDAEFORMIS;

EID: 84878876905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065394     Document Type: Article

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